Sample Libraries

An often overlooked part of the orchestra gets the royal treatment in a new sample library.

Electronic musician Ian Boddy's latest work, Analogue Workshop 1, promises to be the first in a series of libraries, each one focusing on a particular aspect of modular synthesis.

Kontakt

Elastik 2

Expansion kit for EZDrummer

Multi-format

Multi-Format

Toontrack’s Superior Drummer has proved a big hit. Does their EZKeys virtual piano reach an equally high note?

Multiformat

Multi-format 'mood'-themed collection

Sometimes you yearn for new sounds that haven't been heard before. Resonance: Emotional Mallets most definitely falls into this category, starting life as 14 unique instruments constructed from materials including glass, metal, stone and wood.

Multi-format

Elastik-based library

I must confess that country music is one of my guilty pleasures. For all the clichés about good 'ole boys, beer-drinking Rednecks and perpetual heartbreak, the genre is often a masterclass in songwriting and musicianship.

The Logan String Melody and the later Melody II are justifiably revered string machines.

Ever since Toontrack launched EZ Drummer as the lightweight counterpart to Superior, they've been adding expander kits to it to cover just about any commercial style.

For this collection, Bulgarian producer Ivan Shopov teamed up with sound designer and producer Airbag Killex.

Ambient Dubstep is part of Loopmasters' rapidly expanding artist series of sample libraries. Put together by Bristol-based producer Phaeleh, this pack is available to download in various formats.

This new library from Big Fish Audio provides 40 loop-based construction kits targeted at mainstream chart rock genres.

When Toontrack's Superior Drummer 2.0 was first released, the only significant criticism that could be made was that it was...

V-Metal ultra-detailed, sampled virtual electric guitar instrument.